Comparative analysis of leaf trichome structure and composition of epicuticular flavonoids in finnish birch species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 643-655

  Valkama, Elena ^a   Salminen, Juha Pekka ^a   Koricheva, Julia ^a   Pihlaja, Kalevi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula nana; Betula pendula; Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii; Betula pubescens ssp. pubescens; Dwarf birch; Flavonoids; Glandular trichomes; Mountain birch; Non glandular trichomes; Silver birch; Ultrastructure; White birch

Indexed keywords

LEAF MORPHOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BETULA NANA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA;

FLAVONOID;

ARTICLE; BIRCH; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINLAND; HISTOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BETULA; FINLAND; FLAVONOIDS; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0041886403     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg070     Document Type: Article

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